March 2016

KABUL, Afghanistan — The new commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan issued an unreserved apology on Tuesday to the families of victims of the United States’ bombing of a hospital in the city…

Ankara, The suicide bomber who killed four people in Istanbul’s main shopping street belonged to so-called Islamic State (IS), the interior minister says. Efken Ala named the man as Mehmet Ozturk. He told reporters that…

By Michael Graydon and Gilbert Greenall Once again President Vladimir Putin has caught us out: by “withdrawing” from fighting in Syria he has neatly exploited the vacuum left by current US foreign policy and paralysis…

Ankara, A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street on Saturday, killing five people, the city’s governor said. More than 35 other people were injured in the attack, seven in a…

Geneva, Kamiran Hajo, chairman of the Foreign Relations Office of the KNC: “PYD and UN seem to have clear stances towards federalism, but neither one has discussed about what it really means” According to the…

Damascus, Kurdish parties say they are planning to declare a new federal system in areas they control in northern Syria. The Kurds already operate “autonomous administrations” in three enclaves bordering Turkey – Afrin and Kobane…

Damascus, The second group of Russian warplanes left the Khmeimim airbase in Syria’s Latakia province on Wednesday morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense has announced. Another group of Russian aircraft took off from the airbase…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 14 people were killed and 53 others injured on Wednesday when a bomb destroyed a bus carrying government employees to work in the city of Peshawar, officials said. The bus…